Chris Mahan<p>names themselves given<br>to mark who belongs where<br>or who belongs to whom—<br>it's a medieval game<br>for estate inheritance,<br>family importance</p><p>ought we not to choose<br>to be known to the world<br>as though we are our own<br>instead of some item<br>in someone else's ledger? </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GovernmentNames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentNames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bureaucracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bureaucracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Citizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Citizenship</span></a></p>